Beyond the Basics:
Practical Hive Management Tools for Beekeepers

June 13-14, 2013
9:00am - 3:30pm (Check in time: 8:30am)

*This course is full. Please call to be added to the waitlist: 732-932-9271 or click the Join Waitlist Online button.

Come cultivate your abilities as a beekeeper!

Beekeepers Buzzed About Rutgers Course Bee enthusiasts learn how to keep hives healthier in a popular, hands-on "Beyond the Basics" beekeeping course.

This two-day hands-on instructional program is designed as the next step for apiarists who have knowledge of the industry and have kept a colony for at least one (1) full year.

Course Topics

• Decision Making- what are you going to do and why?
• Splits and Nucs
• Queen Rearing
• Feeding
• Moving Bees
• Selling Honey
• Wax – what to do with it?
• Medications – for mites, and brood disease

Attendees should have a general knowledge of the language and terminology of beekeeping, as well as a basic understanding of the biology of Honey bees. Fundamentals of beekeeping will not be covered.

The course will consist of morning lectures in the classroom and afternoons in the bee yard applying the methods learned earlier in the day.

CAUTION: Since you will be working with LIVE bees, please be aware that there is a small risk of bee stings occurring during the program. Always wear light-colored and smooth-textured clothing, as dark-colored, textured and wooly clothing can aggravate the bees.

Register early! Class size is limited to only 25 participants.

NOTE: It is not mandatory but strongly recommended that you take our Bee-ginners Beekeeping class first. Courses are offered multiple times per year, so please visit our beekeeping page to see the latest offerings!

A continental breakfast and tea/coffee will be provided with your registration fee. Boxed lunches available for purchase for $20 - covers both days. Please indicate if you would like a vegetarian lunch.

Interested in joining the New Jersey Beekeepers Association? Visit http://njbeekeepers.org for details!

Fees

Location

New Brunswick, NJ

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*This course is full, but we are taking a waitlist. Call us or click the button below to join the waitlist.

Would you like to be notified when the next offering is scheduled? 
Here are 3 convenient ways to be added to our mailing list:
1. Click here to join our mailing list (please reference "Beyond the Basics: Practical Hive Management Tools for Beekeepers" or Course Code AE0403) 
2. Call us at 732-932-9271
3. E-mail us at ocpe@njaes.rutgers.edu

All of the courses offered by the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education are approved by the New Jersey State Approving Agency for Veterans Training for tuition reimbursement through the GI Bill. For more information about the GI Bill, click here.